Janith Piumal

Janith Piumal

phylogenetic analysis

Phylogenetic Analysis data

Taxa – The group of organisms, that are classified based on the evolutionary relationships. Characters – specific traits or features that can be used to distinguish between different taxa. The characters that used for building the phylogenetic trees Classical phylogenetic…

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Applications of the phylogenetic Analysis.

Evolutionary medicine Using positive selection to identify the pathogenic mechanisms of HIV in human. Using the evolutionary analyzes to identify new disease out breaks. Learn about the origin of the diseases. Identify the diseases resistance mechanisms in other hosts to…

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Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs)

Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) is an internationally accepted transparent process to predict and identify potentially significant environmental impacts of development proposals and to suggest mitigation measures to minimize the negative impacts and maximize the positive impacts. large-scale development projects that…

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Cleaner Production

Definitions of terminologies Wastes – Resources at wrong place in wrong form Environmental Pollution – It is throwing away of part of resources, introduction of harmful substances or pollutants into the natural environment. Cleaner production – Continuous application of an…

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Climate Change

Weather Vs Climate Weather Climate short term changes in the atmospheric variables in a given area over a short period of time (hours/days) Average weather conditions of particular area long over period time (3 decades or more) Example for the…

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Ecological Footprint & Biocapacity

Ecological footprint Ecological footprint is measurement of how much land, water, and other natural resources are required to produce the resource consumed and to adsorb the waste generated by given population or activity. Ecological footprint = Population x Consumption x…